Iraqi Parliament intends to pass 17 laws and the “Personal Status” law will be effective on this date
Iraqi Parliament intends to pass 17 laws and the “Personal Status” law will be effective on this date
2025-02-14 05:15
Shafaq News/ Two members of the Iraqi Council of Representatives revealed, on Friday, the number of laws expected to be put to a vote inside the parliament during the upcoming sessions, and the date of the implementation of the amendment to Personal Status Law No. 188 of 1959.
MP Baqir Al-Saadi told Shafaq News Agency, “There are many pending laws that the House of Representatives intends to pass, and there will be a session to vote on a group of laws during the coming week.”
Al-Saadi confirmed that “there are 17 laws in the Legal Committee that will be presented to the House of Representatives during the upcoming sessions, and if the political blocs agree on them without obstruction, all of them can be voted on in only two sessions.”
For his part, member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, Raed Al-Maliki, explained regarding the date of the new Personal Status Law’s entry into force, that “the law will be in force from the date of the vote, while the previous law will remain as it is.”
Al-Maliki pointed out during his interview with Shafaq News Agency, that “the Legal Committee in the House of Representatives is waiting for the arrival of the Personal Status Law Code from the Shiite Endowment.”
Yesterday, Thursday, an informed political source told Shafaq News Agency, “The Presidency of the Republic approved the laws of amending personal status, general amnesty, and returning properties to their owners.”
The Iraqi Parliament session on January 21 witnessed the passing of “controversial laws” including amending the Personal Status Law, amending the General Amnesty Law, and the law to return properties to their owners in Kirkuk.
However, dozens of representatives objected to the approval of the three laws in one basket and boycotted the session. They then filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court regarding the legitimacy of voting on the laws, which in turn issued a state order to stop the implementation of the laws.
Following this, the Supreme Judicial Council issued a fatwa to the Iraqi courts to proceed with implementing the laws enacted by the Council of Representatives.
The Federal Court returned last Tuesday and decided to cancel the state order it had previously issued regarding stopping the implementation of the three “controversial” laws.
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